Cotana lunulata

Cotana lunulata is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Cotana lunulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Cotana
Species:
C. lunulata
Binomial name
Cotana lunulata
Synonyms
  • Nervicompressa lunulata Bethune-Baker, 1904
  • Cotana lunulata ab. unicolor Rothschild, 1932
  • Cotana montium Rothschild, 1932
  • Cotana borealis Rothschild, 1932
  • Cotana lunulata occidentalis Rothschild, 1917
  • Cotana lunulata satisbona Rothschild, 1917

The wingspan is about 45–54 mm. Females are very similar to those of Cotana meeki, but are paler and more rufescent on the wings, while the postdiscal white bands are much narrower.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cotana lunulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Zolotuhin, Vadim (October 22, 2012). "The Giant Lappet Moths (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.
  3. Rothschild, Lord (1917). "On the Genera Melanothrix, Drepanojana, Melanergon, Paracydas, Cotana, Hypercydas, Epicydas, and Nervicompressa of the Family Eupterotidae with Descriptions of New Forms". Novitates Zoologicae. 24: 463–492. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.23154 – via BioStor.


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